DANBURY — A woman who allegedly used a racial slur in online messages sent to a University of Connecticut student is not, as her account claimed, a student at Western Connecticut State University, school officials said Monday.

In a tweet on Friday, a person identifying himself as a UConn student shared a screenshot of vulgar messages — including a racial slur — he received on Instagram from a woman whose account listed her as a WCSU student.

The post was shared hundreds of times and a WCSU student government member alerted administrators of the messages over the weekend, university spokesman Paul Steinmetz said.

But WCSU officials cannot find any record of that woman’s name in any of its enrollment or application files, he said.

“A thorough search has been ongoing all day to determine if the female party in the text message exchange is, as her Instagram account claims, a WCSU student,” Steinmetz said in a written statement. “There is no evidence that she is a WCSU student, but we are committed to making sure she isn’t; and if she is, appropriate action will be taken.”

(1/2) We are aware of the comments on social media and under direct orders from our university president, we are actively investigating this highly regrettable situation. We believe this is an isolated incident. The racist comments are absolutely despicable and certainly not

UConn administrators and social media staff had not heard about the post until asked about the WCSU statement by a reporter. A university spokeswoman said they would review the school’s social media feeds and welcome any new information if the post continued to generate conversation online.